Freddie nods approvingly at Conor Friedersdorf’s latest manifesto for conservative writers and entertainers at Doublethink online, and sure enough, it’s a good read. But I wonder if Hollywood’s laissez-faire approach to ideology extends to...
“By treating any and all social safety nets as irreversible steps on the Road to Serfdom, we allow liberals and progressives to shape those policies in ways that are inefficient, ineffective, and overbroad –...
Reading over Will’s post about Geert Wilders’ manifesto to save Western Civilization got me thinking. Not so much about Wilders or the actual manifesto, given that I think he is a Class A wackjob,...
Thanks to John, I am pointed to these two rather strange arguments in favor of the Drug War and against libertarian use of statistics on race against the Drug War from Jonah Goldberg. John...
ED’s piece yesterday calling for a neo-distributist/localist economic order is well worth the time. As coincidence (or synchronicity?) would have it, I have been reading some books on distributism and thinking a great deal...
I honestly thought I was done on this topic, and for the most part I am. But given the misunderstandings that seem to have developed (e.g., arguing that it’s “big-government libertarianism,” or that the...
Amongst several others, Ross Douthat has some really good thoughts on my arguments for a more liberal libertarianism. So good are a lot of these responses that I could probably spend the next month discussing them (don’t worry, I won’t). But Ross’ points are probably the most comprehensive.
Jonah Goldberg argues that a left-libertarian fusionism is not only doomed to failure but is in fact likely to lead to a less libertarian, more “statist” society: As for it being undesirable, I am...
K. Anthony Appiah writes: Alan Wolfe is the sort of social theorist who would rather be plausible than provocative. Eschewing the lunacies of the left and the right—avoiding even their slighter sillinesses—he hews to...
Scott and Chris each take issue with my post on Liberaltarianism in a Liberal Age, Scott on the grounds that a coalition of liberals and libertarians holds the greatest promise for advancing a libertarian...
My former political editor at the late-great Culture11, James Poulos makes an excellent contribution to a roundtable discussing Sam Tanenhaus’ piece declaring the death of movement conservativism. Tanenhaus’ original article is here. The roundtable...
As one of the two resident unidentifiable (politically) members of the League, I thought I might give some sense of where I’m coming by riffing off Mark’s excellent post on Liberaltarianism in the Obama...
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on Martin Niemöller, and Who First They Came ForReally well written and well done. Good work DavidTC.
on Weekend Plans Post: Pantherine VandalsBrief review of A Working Man: It's Stallone saying "Yeah, John Wick was pretty good... here's how *… on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25The behavior of the administration reminds me how we've seen them (not) respond to sex criminals in… on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25Here's a link which talks about "Trump's war on Columbia University explained" It does a reasonably… on Weekend Plans Post: Pantherine VandalsThinking about this some more. Back in the late 80s, Mom took us to see an off-Broadway Big River. I…
on Weekend Plans Post: Pantherine VandalsOK, that sounds a lot less interesting. Perhaps even less so than actual musical theater.
on Weekend Plans Post: Pantherine VandalsIf there were money in it, they'd be doing it.
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on Weekend Plans Post: Pantherine VandalsIt would be if it was like a movie theater, but it's more like a computer room (24 monitors, people…
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